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‘Uninvestible’ China, coup bid in Gabon and tased and tattooed at Axon
The military claims it has seized power in Gabon. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says American firms have told her China has become 'uninvestible'.…
2 years, 9 months ago
Trump trial date, vacationing in a conflict zone and France's Muslim abaya ban
Trump gets a trial date – smack in the middle of the 2024 campaign. The tourists heading to Crimea for summer vacation despite the sound of rockets o…
2 years, 9 months ago
China’s bankers take up cards, Wagner’s leaderless fighters and Spain’s isolated soccer chief
China’s bankers are learning to play a poker-like card game to woo domestic investors. Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is officially dead --…
2 years, 9 months ago
Weekend episode: Jackson Hole and the Powell Rorschach test, Zambian rock returns and Europe reins in Big Tech
We check in on the state of the global economy at the annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole. Plus Europe's latest crackdown on Silicon Valley. An…
2 years, 9 months ago
Trump’s mugshot, Wagner’s money and DeSantis tests the orchestra pit theory
Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia and posts his mugshot on X. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s lucrative legacy in Africa is up for grabs. The Christians living …
2 years, 9 months ago
What now for Russia after Prigozhin? Plus, Trump in Georgia
The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash. Donald Trump says he will turn h…
2 years, 9 months ago
Thailand’s political drama, Zimbabwe election hopes and ‘General Armageddon’ removed
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been moved from prison to hospital, just hours after his return to the country from a 15-year…
2 years, 9 months ago
Fukushima's release, Prigozhin's video, Panama Canal gridlock and HRW's Saudi report
Japan said it would begin the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant this week. Human Rights Watch accuses Sa…
2 years, 9 months ago
Hilary hits California, Russia fails but moon race goes on and Ukraine dusts off old tanks
Tropical storm Hilary has lashed southern California with flash floods, prompting some to flee. Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years ended in fai…
2 years, 9 months ago
Weekend episode: Afghans in limbo two years on, and we remember Danish Siddiqui
Episode 154
It's been two years since the Taliban took back Afghanistan. Yet, many of the Afghans who worked for U.S. organizations during the 20-year war are st…
2 years, 9 months ago